Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-09-17
,NERTCAN LEATHER.
,,etry Drawing on Various Parts
w Psrtb-The E0sS Favor.
y able Places for Tanning.
~ If Oak and Hemlsok Bark.
-. Importation of Hides From
south America.


yo-k Commercial Advertiser.
.n4ns,ry, perhaps, draws on various
~ NJ the earth to e greater extent
~ ,-..5er asking. Leather production
hing confined 20 manufacturing |
lO. The main feature OF the
n .as. i bringing together hides and
a'-lsJ and osk bark, and pretty wild |
en- will suffice TO produce these.
W.. s,l the Argentine Republic and
We Ind our own western plains, in
8 "L- TsxIs, II the lead IA respect to
.a--D7 n the production Of the oarks
;''s rroyide the requisite tannin the
F2. Fly States is EASILY foremo st.
.:sr hem!ock trees abound are the
n..ii.yorsble places for tanning, and the
>''' ~ +snneries in this country are now
IsTss.ern Pennsylvania aud Eastern
W Tae main item of expense in
l'.-S5;- bark IS in cutting roads TO
i - IN Of the woods. Heml0ck trees
.----.,,ry Weld ten to fifteen tons OF
.E.1t5s acre, while the yield Of OAK
y .wo or three tons. A low con-
1-,re for hemlocS bark By the
y s. per ton, and for oek
= The greatest tanneries
= 49, country are owned il
4 ,..r and y is here that the greatest
r. II business is done, Boston
- - next. Probably the largest OAK
. -'.- in me Uaited S-atcs is at Cnatta-
-, Tenn, and the LARGEST hemlock
80 IN N.Kean county, Pennsylvania,
w r.7-e f. the state line st Limestone,
ID, account Of the exhaustion Of
marx the business Of tanning is not q
.~snent one on q large scale at any
-, mace a tanners business is
:. ,.'' ale mt. his plant has been
~ fgr out Of his profits, and ne
ree 10 select more eligible site If
'gsTlock bark IS becoming rapidly eX-
- in this country, ana II Will not
~ nnch more than generation, il the
( .-:na,s should be pushed, tc'practiCally
r,sps. j.. The supply Of hemlOck bark,
Ike inst Of oak, cannot be newly Gre
{ - The average age Of trees from
/ rSir7 bemlack bark is taken IS perhaps
4 rss-s. VARYING from $50 10 coo years.
- trees can DC grown for bark IN TWEEN
vasrs. TIE Osk tree now most relied
il IL. +5a uchestnut ORK" Of the south,
4 snovn - the crock oak" in the north.
--fs grows on the Appalachian chain of
Z r7r1..in in North Carolina and TenneS-
"a srl north and south Of this locality
4 seemingly eXlsustless quantities.
Mich Il tais mountainous country seems
n frg ~ n ?
r0vfrg, end with oak trees yielding
5gk il twenty wears this county ought
a be sure Cfa supply for all time. As 1t
snow. our hemlUCz forests ar1 being
8g7il,y denu5eG of their bark that we
nav supply the rest OF the world with
1 = oaonicaIl7 the leather trade
Lard on its own footing,
hes come in free of duty,
sud while there is . small duty on sole
8s.1er, there $ 50 little need u import
On sCcJu1t OF the superior fGClli1ies OF
a: country for making j, that such dug
= s0i little account. On Ihe other hand,
3 It ,7ste # tais country suffered from
.Ir.es imposed in other countries.
il Notwithstanding lis advantages in man
tsc.u. i1g leather, me United Sss' es hiss
sysr gr-s2ei l. in bailding up
81 iap9r. ant export trade in boots
md shoes There ere large establish
1sl.s in England and Switzerland that
Il los business Of this sind COR foreign
Countries alone. Cae establishment lX-
cgsye.y for tXnOrt in STiJz 3rlaa6, en-
a -.lyS 400 people, importing its leather
gI machinery largely from tue United
N,ls. They hsye made these businesses
4 y s,niyng closely the wants and pre
ltcts Of those whom they seek to sci
%, sud the tavOTing conditions of eX
.-s--g sld Transportation have done thi
Is.
hst3iu1n to the importation of hide
tom Brszi AMI the Argentine Republic
81 fir.-ed To, a grea. many other COuntIie!
81 D ne world do business Of this kinC
- The United States. Among
--l msy Be mentioned the Contra
44l1can states, the countries Of IN,
i >'i1.sl ma.a, diff rent parts Of the Afri.
contilCn, snd, quite largely in recen
riI>, ladis sad Cljus The best hides
GlspS, known ia this market come from
e--.. Tae great supply comes from GU
4 'S.era plains, Wlere the business 0
s2caIs.s--- mas reached such magnitude
IL Spanish cattle Which are now raise,
4 -1lgAao. South America, and are ais
j Ina. .aggt.g in Texas, afford the hes
-N Material for the great staple Of tht
hit-sC.e laatler. In higher grades 0
axe, row generally raised on the west
IL l.Si1sl The hides DO not have III
-la1ass q the Spanish breeds.
ne Increased facilities of railroa
importation and the reduced price
sd more ald more to bringing bark t
a--sIes, snd makes less necessary tina
n ,-.oivre the movement Of tlnperie3 t
81 -,.S were the bark grows. Hemloc
''a!S sgecla. product Of the north an
M W2i.e oak bark IS found more abul
'l,y further s0uta. Buffalo is en- in
..;Al, center tor hemlock tanning, {
Baltimore AMI Cincinnati for os
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